Kristl kept the Symplocarpus foetidus for months in the fridge probably in moisture Perlite or Vermiculite Roland 2013/4/7 Ellen Hornig <hornig@oswego.edu>: > Very interesting, Jim! I wondered when I should collect them - I've never > gone after these before. > > Do you, or does anyone, know whether freshly ripened seed can be stored in > damp sphagnum moss? > > Ellen > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net>wrote: > >> Ellen wrote: "To those who requested seed directly: I will send what I can >> to the seedex, but I'm not interested in custom collecting." >> >> Here in Maryland, seed of Symplocarpus foetidus ripen in November and a >> visit to the wild plants then will generally find the stumps of the old >> inflorescence surrounded by big brownish seeds (about the size of a shelled >> hazel nut). By now those seeds have probably already germinated, and the >> roots go deep quickly in my experience. But collecting such germinated >> seeds might be the easiest way of collecting plants - and such germinated >> seeds do not post the storage problems fresh seed does. The newly ripened >> seeds are notoriously hard to store for even brief periods. And the crowns >> of mature plants are attached to a dead man's leg of a root system - bring >> your back hoe if you want to attempt it. >> >> Jim McKenney >> Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Asphodelus acaulis, >> the early fritillaries, tulips, hyacinths, muscari, corydalis and loads of >> other things are blooming. >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > > > > -- > Ellen Hornig > 212 Grafton St > Shrewsbury MA 01545 > 508-925-5147 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/…